St. Paul's Lutheran Church & Preschool
St. Paul's Lutheran Church & Preschool is a licensed child care center in Long Beach, CA, licensed for up to 69 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2000. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it twice. The state issued 2 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #102 of 124 centers in Long Beach and has more citations per inspection than 79% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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Citations, newest first
Based on observation, record review and interivew, S1 did not obatin criminal record clearance which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review), the licensee did not comply with the section cited above: Director is required to renew her CPR which expired August 2022 which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
About this center
Common questions
Does St. Paul's Lutheran Church & Preschool take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has St. Paul's Lutheran Church & Preschool had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Aug 21, 2025, for criminal record clearance. Each citation is listed in full above.
How does St. Paul's Lutheran Church & Preschool compare with other daycares in Long Beach?
It is tied for #102 of 124 centers in Long Beach by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 79% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was St. Paul's Lutheran Church & Preschool last inspected?
Aug 21, 2025. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does St. Paul's Lutheran Church & Preschool cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask St. Paul's Lutheran Church & Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Long Beach, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs St. Paul's Lutheran Church & Preschool?
The licensee is St. Paul's Lutheran Church, and the administrator listed with the state is Rachel Peterson.
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Citations are quoted from California Department of Social Services inspection and complaint reports. Type A citations are the state’s most serious category (an immediate risk to children’s health, safety or personal rights); Type B citations are a potential risk. A citation is a finding about one rule, not a judgment about a center overall. Complaint allegations appear here only when the state substantiated them.
To read the full state reports, search facility number 198006310 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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